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June 10, 2011

ADAPs with Waiting Lists (8,230 individuals in 13 states*, as of June 9, 2011) Alabama: 34 individuals Arkansas: 52 individuals Florida: 3,529 individuals Georgia: 1,615 individuals Idaho: 17 individuals Louisiana: 755 individuals** Montana: 28 individuals North Carolina: 271 individuals Ohio: 450 individuals South Carolina: 736 individuals Utah: 10 individuals Virginia: 728 individuals Wyoming: 5 individuals ADAPs with Other Cost-containment Strategies (instituted since April 1, 2009, as of April 13, 2011) Arizona: reduced formulary Arkansas: reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility to 200% FPL (disenrolled 99 clients in September 2009) Colorado: reduced formulary Florida: reduced formulary, transitioned 5,403 clients to Welvista from 2/15-3/31/11 Georgia: reduced formulary, implemented medical criteria, participating in the Alternative Method Demonstration Project (AMDP) Idaho: capped enrollment Illinois: reduced formulary, instituted monthly expenditure cap ($2,000 per client per month) Kentucky: reduced formulary Louisiana: discontinued reimbursement of laboratory assays North Carolina: reduced formulary North Dakota: capped enrollment, instituted annual expenditure cap, lowered financial eligibility to 300% FPL (grandfathered in current clients above 300%FPL) Ohio: reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility to 300% FPL (disenrolled 257 clients in July 2010) Puerto Rico: reduced formulary South Carolina: lowered financial eligibility to 300% FPL (grandfathered in current clients above 300% FPL) Utah: reduced formulary, lowered financial eligibility to 250% FPL (disenrolled 89 clients in FY2010) Virginia: reduced formulary, transitioned 207 clients onto waiting list and PAPs, only distributing 30-day prescription refills Washington: instituted client cost sharing, reduced formulary (for uninsured clients only), only paying insurance premiums for clients currently on antiretrovirals Wyoming: reduced formulary, instituted client cost sharing
*As a result of ADAP emergency funding, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, South Dakota, and Utah eliminated their waiting lists; Idaho reinstituted a waiting list in February 2011. **Louisiana has a capped enrollment on their program. This number represents their current unmet need.

ADAPs Considering New/Additional Cost-containment Measures (before March 31, 2012***) Alabama: reduce formulary Colorado: institute client cost sharing, establish waiting list Florida: lower financial eligibility Hawaii: establish waiting list Illinois: lower financial eligibility to 300% FPL (grandfather in current enrollees from 301 500% FPL), disenroll clients not accessing ADAP for 90-days Kentucky: reduce formulary Montana: reduce formulary Oregon: reduce formulary Puerto Rico: reduce formulary South Carolina: disenroll 200 clients based on financial eligibility Tennessee: establish waiting list (as of July 1, 2011) Washington: cap enrollment, establish waiting list, reduce formulary Wyoming: reduce formulary ADAPs with Current or Anticipated Cost-Containment Measures, Including Waiting Lists, May 2011

***March 31, 2012 is the end of ADAP FY2011. ADAP fiscal years begin April 1 and ends March 31. NASTAD (www.NASTAD.org) is a nonprofit national alliance of state health department HIV/AIDS program directors who have programmatic responsibility for administering HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis health care, prevention, education, and supportive services programs funded by state and federal governments. To receive The ADAP Watch, please e-mail Britten Pund atbpund@NASTAD.org.

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